Madeline H.
Private tutor in Santa Cruz, CA
Education
I received my Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Intensive Literature--Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of California, Santa Cruz in December 2015. Intensive means that as a literature student, I also studied in two foreign languages (Italian and Sanskrit). My major GPA was 3.7.
Experience
-- I was well-respected by my peers and professors as a student of creative writing, and received good criticism as a poetry writer. I am well-versed in the many forms that creative writing assumes and can teach these to other students (e.g. poetic verse, free-form or experimental poetry, haiku, sonnets, meter, rhyme, Asian poetry, bi-lingual poetry, etc.). For my Senior Thesis, I created a book of poetry called "Brain Lot Mantras" which fused poetry and Sanskrit with a used car lot near my house. -- I have extensive knowledge in essay writing and formatting (MLA, Chicago style) and truly enjoy editing essays or creative works for grammatical correctness, clarity, neatness of argument, etc. I am also adept in navigating texts, conducting close-reading, and formulating/formatting theses. -- I have taken courses in both Italian and Sanskrit (an Indo-European language), but consider my interests to be more geared toward the latter. I have written a final paper in which I used my knowledge of Sanskrit to trace the concept of mantra through various lenses. I can read and write in Sanskrit, and am still semi-conversational in Italian. -- In Summer 2013, I studied abroad for two months in Florence, Italy. I took part in an 8-week intensive language program, in which I completed levels 4-6 of Italian. I also attended Apicius Culinary Institute where I learned to make traditional Italian dishes. -- I have some tutoring experience through a local tutoring company, in which I helped students prepare for the SAT exams and helped with timed-writing exams. -- I have in-classroom experience as a Teacher's Assistant for a UCSC Frosh Literature course (Merrill College core course) in Fall 2014. As a TA, I held weekly office hours, assisted the professor in lecture, graded writing assignments/essays, met weekly with the professor, and was present in every class/plenary. I was a resource for the students and was a mediator between students and professor. I also conducted one guest lecture and was an active and present participant in the course. -- I have additional classroom experience as a Student Volunteer in a 3rd grade classroom at Westlake Elementary. As a volunteer, I assisted the teachers' in class presentations, helped with grading assignments, helped ensure students were on task, set up bulletin boards/displays (e.g. "Cursive vs. Computers"), assisted in clerical tasks, and was a friendly assistant who helped where was needed. In addition, I kept a course notebook and studied the classroom setting for my own college course. -- I have experience as a Copy-Editor for the UCSC student-run paper City on a Hill Press, where I edited copies in APA formatting and checked them for clarity, concision, and neatness. -- I want to tutor because I have the innate desire to share knowledge with others in a way that's nuanced, creative, effective, and empathetic. I want learning to be something that helps nurture students and encourages them to look at the world through different lenses or points of reference.
Subject Expertise
9th Grade ReadingExpository WritingAmerican LiteratureAP English Literature and CompositionLiteratureWorld LiteratureIntroduction to PoetryCollege EssaysEssay EditingPoetry WritingReadingGrammar and MechanicsLanguagesSAT Critical Reading7th Grade Writing8th Grade Writing9th Grade Writing12th Grade ReadingPhilosophy10th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing10th Grade11th Grade11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th GradeReligious Studies12th Grade WritingAPHandwritingPersuasive WritingCreative WritingFiction WritingWriting
Availability
Tues/Thurs in the morning, Weekends in the morning, Weekdays in the morning, Any day at any time
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
-- I am a lover of words, literature, reading and writing in its myriad forms. I currently work at Logos Books and Records, where I find joy in being the sole organizer of the store's Eastern Philosophy section. I am also a lover of tea (cha), and work at Hidden Peak Tea House, an Asian-style tea house, where I can learn about tea and share its art (gong-fu cha) with others. -- I spend my time writing, reading, riding my bike, swimming, playing guitar, studying the I Ching/ancient Eastern philosophy/whatever else strikes my fancy, having tea with friends, and have a voracious appetite for learning (through the aforementioned, observing, and in an academic setting when possible). -- I intend on attending graduate school to receive my PhD and then teach Literature, Creative Writing, or Philosophy at the college level. -- Currently, I am working on a zine and allowing myself to be in the present moment!
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